EXPERIENCING ENGINEERING DESIGN

DS 36: Proceedings DESIGN 2006, the 9th International Design Conference, Dubrovnik, Croatia

Year: 2006
Editor: Marjanovic, D.
Author: Rø yrvik, J.; Bjø rnsen, E.
Section: HUMAN BEHAVIOUR IN DESIGN WORKSHOP
Page(s): 1505-1510

Abstract

The paper offers an anthropological view on engineering praxis, multidisciplinary research and science reasoning. The paper is based upon experiences from both student activities and the research in a classroom laboratory at NTNU. The aim of the paper is to show how a potent action research methodology, with experience oriented ontology as a foundation, developed in the meetings of disciplines and persons. The paper argue that engineering praxis is interesting to understand, not only by results, but as a praxis and a process in itself, and suggest that abduktive inference is an important and often neglected aspect of engineering praxis.

Keywords: anthropology, ontology, methodology, experience

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